Unit 5 Warming up and Pre-reading 2.pptVIP

See the following pictures. Please name the disasters you know. What do you know about volcano? Part 1(Para 1-2) Part 2(Para 3-4) Part 3(Para 5) Careful reading He is a volcanologist. Read the second part (Para34) and fill in the blanks. 1) Does the writer feel bored about his job now? 2) How do you know? * Unit 5 The power of nature Unit 5 The power of nature warming up and reading By Isabella Lee Warming up Flood Earthquake Typhoon/Hurricane Sandstorm Volcano Have you ever seen a volcano? volcanoes extinct volcano dormant volcano active volcano active volcano (=one that may erupt at any time) dormant volcano (=one that is not active at the moment) extinct volcano (=one that is no longer active at all) Do you know how a volcano erupts? volcano-eruption Boiling rock erupts from the crater; the lava flows slowly down the mountain. magma chamber lava crater ash cloud/volcanic ash imagine Climbing into a live volcano in order to take the temperature of the boiling rock inside? Pre-reading Who do you think would do such dangerous work as part of a job? volcanologist Reading An Exciting Job The writer’s experience of watching the volcanic eruption The writer’s job and its importance The reasons for the writer’s enthusiasm about his job Skimming Find out the main idea of each part. 1. What’s the author’s job ? 2. What organization does he work for ? 3. What’s the content of his job? He works for Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. Collecting information for a database about Mount Kilauea and helping other scientists to predict where lava from the volcano will flow next and how fast. Read the first part (Para 12) and answer the following questions. Red hot lava _________ hundreds of meters into the air The first experience (paras3-4) They slowly _____________ to the edge of the crater and looked down into th